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: full-blown sense 2
a full-bore crisis
2
: made with maximum effort
a full-bore attempt to succeed
: with maximum effort or speed
runners sprinting full bore
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Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
For families Like everything at The Fife Arms, there’s a full-bore thoughtfulness and creativity to the whimsical family room, with its play kitchens, blackboards, table football and XBox, with knitted red squirrels hidden around the place.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Land clearing at the 123-acre Cambrey Pointe community proceeded full bore Thursday across narrow, two-lane Rinehardt Road from the restaurant.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The restaurant soft opened Tuesday with the intention to launch full-bore Thursday.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
For families Like everything at The Fife Arms, there’s a full-bore thoughtfulness and creativity to the whimsical family room, with its play kitchens, blackboards, table football and XBox, with knitted red squirrels hidden around the place.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
And with electrons flying at full bore, the furious single-seater promises to keep igniting the record books into embers and ashes.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Land clearing at the 123-acre Cambrey Pointe community proceeded full bore Thursday across narrow, two-lane Rinehardt Road from the restaurant.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Full-bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-bore. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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